Adult beginner distance language learner perceptions and use of assignment feedback

@article{Furnborough2009AdultBD,
  title={Adult beginner distance language learner perceptions and use of assignment feedback},
  author={Concha Furnborough and Mike Truman},
  journal={Distance Education},
  year={2009},
  volume={30},
  pages={399 - 418}
}
This qualitative study examines perceptions and use of assignment feedback among adult beginner modern foreign language learners on higher education distance learning courses. A survey of responses to feedback on assignments by 43 Open University students on beginner language courses in Spanish, French, and German indicated that respondents can be classified into three groups: those who use feedback strategically by integrating it into the learning process and comparing it with, for example… 
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